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Previous Concerts

Musical Director: Anthony Burns-Cox

1981 December Handel   Messiah
1982 April Dvořák   Mass in D
  June Britten   St. Nicolas
  December Handel   Messiah
1983 December Bach   Christmas Oratorio
1984 June Vivaldi   Gloria
    Mathias   Missa Brevis
    Mozart   Solemn Vespers
    Monteverdi   Beatus Vir
  December Schutz   The Christmas Story
    Charpentier   Messe de Minuit

                        

Musical Director: David Goddard

1985 December Handel Messiah
1986 June Mendelssohn Elijah

 

Musical Director: Jeffrey Williams

1986 December Haydn The Creation
1987 June Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle
  December Handel Utrecht Te Deum
    Handel Jubilate
    Bach Magnificat
1988 June Britten St. Nicolas
    Haydn Nelson Mass
  December Handel Messiah
1989 June Janáček The Lords Prayer
    Bernstein Chichester Psalms
    Fauré Requiem
  December Bach Christmas Oratorio
1990 June Mendelssohn Elijah

 

Musical Director: David Truslove

1991 June Handel Zadok the Priest
    Burgon Songs of the Creation
    Mozart Coronation Mass
    Purcell Come ye sons of Art
  December Saint Saëns Christmas Oratorio
    Mendelssohn Hear my Prayer
    Bach Cantata 140 Wachet Auf
    Finzi In terra pax
1992 June Haydn Insane et vanae curae
    Salieri Te Deum
    Haydn Mass in time of war
  December Bach Magnificat
    Vivaldi Dixit Dominus
1993 March Fauré Requiem
    Dyson Hierusalem
    Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
  July Parry Blest pair of Sirens
    Stanford Songs of the fleet
    Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
  December Handel Messiah
1994 February Blake Benedictus
  June Mozart Splendente Te Deus
    Mozart Requiem
  December Finzi Magnificat
    Bush In Praise of Mary
    Vivaldi Gloria
1995 June Handel Coronation Anthems
    Handel Laudate pueri Dominum
  July Lambert Rio Grande
    Orff Carmina Burana
  December Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God
    Purcell My heart is inditing
    Britten St. Nicolas
1996 June Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
    Vierne Messe Solennelle
    Elgar Great is the Lord
    Parry Blest pair of Sirens
  July Haydn The Creation
  December Bruch Gruss an die heilige Nacht (UK Premiere)
    Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise
1997 April Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes
    Tippett Five Negro Spirituals
    Ferguson From Far and Lear (commissioned work)
  June Holst Two Psalms
    Monteverdi Beatus Vir
    Duruflé Requiem
  December Chapple Magnificat
    Schubert Mass in B Flat
1998 April des Prés, Gibbons, Waller, Berio 'Animal Magic' selection
  June Pergolesi Magnificat
    Haydn Nelson Mass
  December Bach Christmas Oratorio
1999 February Rutter Requiem
    Tavener Song for Athene
    Fauré Pavane
    Puccini Requiem
  April Britten Jubilate Deo
    Franck Psalm 150
    Vierne Messe Solennelle
    Parry I was Glad
    Rutter Gloria
  July Verdi Requiem
  December Poulenc Gloria
    Mozart Solemn Vespers
2000 February Duruflé Requiem
  April Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Shearing 'Brush up your Shakespeare' selection
  July Mendelssohn Elijah
  October Mozart Requiem
  December Handel Messiah (Part1)
    Handel Foundling Hospital Anthem
    Vivaldi Magnificat
2001 March Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
    Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
  July Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
    Brahms Requiem
  December Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem
    Puccini Messa di Gloria
2002 March Duruflé Motets on plainsong melodies
    Finzi Lo, the full final sacrifice
    Rutter Requiem
  July Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
  December Finzi Magnificat
    Handel Laudate Pueri Dominum
    Rutter Magnificat
2003 March Walton Coronation Te Deum
    Britten Dances from Gloriana
  July CPE Bach Magnificat
    Mozart Mass in C Minor
  December Vaughan Williams Hodie
    Dvořák Te Deum
    Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
2004 July Bach Mass in B minor
  November Mozart Ave Verum Corpus
    Poulenc Litanies à la Vierge Noire
    Handel Nisi Dominus
    Mozart Requiem
2005 March Bairstow Blessed City, heavenly Salem
    Elgar Great is the Lord
    Wesley Blessed be the God and Father
    Stanford For lo, I Raise up
    Rheinberger Mass in E flat
  July Monteverdi 1610 Vespers
  November Handel Messiah
2006 April Bach St Matthew Passion
  July Gowers Viri Galilaei
    Parry I was Glad
    Rutter Gloria
    Walton Coronation Te Deum
  November Chilcott Canticles of Light
    Jenkins Choral Suite from The Armed Man
    Mozart Regina Coeli in C
    Rutter Mass of the Children
2007 March O'Regan Dorchester Canticles
    Lauridsen O nata lux
    Bernstein Chichester Psalms
    Fauré Requiem
  July Bush In praise of Mary
    Handel Dixit Dominus
    Vivaldi Gloria
  November Verdi Requiem
2008 March Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
    Finzi Lo, the full final sacrifice
    Rutter Birthday Madrigals
  July Mendelssohn Verleih uns Frieden
    Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region
    Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
  November Rachmaninov Vespers
2009 March Lauridsen Lux Aeterna
    Rutter Requiem
    Rorem Sing, my soul, his wonderous love
    Whitacre Water Night
    Copland Ching-a-Ring-Chaw
  July Handel Israel in Egypt
  November Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
2010 March Bach St John Passion
  July Todd Mass in Blue
    Rutter Feel the Spirit
    Todd Stay with me
  November Jenkins The Armed Man
    Holst The Hymn of Jesus
    Mozart  Kyrie in D minor
    Holst The Planets
2011 March Rachmaninov Vespers
  May Mahler 8th Symphony
  July Britten St. Nicolas
    Mozart  Requiem
  November Handel Messiah

 

Guest conductor: Jamie W. Hall

2012 March Duruflé Requiem
    Finzi Lo the full final Sacrifice
    Mendelssohn Hear my prayer
    Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
    Wesley Blessed be the God and Father
  July Elgar The Music Makers
    Vaughan-Williams Toward the Unknown Region
    Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
    Parry I was Glad

 

Musical Director: David Truslove

2012 November Ireland These things shall be
    Ireland Greater love Hath no Man
    Brahms Requiem

 

Guest conductor: Jamie W. Hall

2013 March Britten Jubilate
    Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
    Britten Hymn to the Virgin
    Britten Dances from Glorina
    Pärt The Beatitudes
    Shearing Songs and Sonnets
  April Britten Jubilate
    Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
    Britten Hymn to the Virgin
    Britten Dances from Gloriana

 

Guest conductors: Jamie W. Hall & Marcus Pashley

2013 July Vivaldi Magnificat
    Vivaldi Beatus Vir
    Vivaldi Gloria
    Carissimi Jephte

 

Guest conductor: Howard Goodall CBE

2013 November Lauridsen Sure on this shining night
    Lauridsen Lux Aeterna
    Goodall Eternal Light

 

Musical Director: Jamie W. Hall

2014 March Biebl Ave Maria
    Gorecki Totus Tuus
    Grieg Ave Maris Stella
    Hall As I lay upon a Night
    Jackson Salve Regina
    Larley A Girl for the Blue
    Larley Dormi Jesu
    Pärt Stabat Mater
    Stanford Magnificat Op. 164
    Tavener Annunciation
  July Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
  November Van Gulick Horses: A Gift to Mankind
    Dyson Agincourt
    Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
  November Hewetson The Birth of Christ
2015 March Morley Funeral Music for Queen Mary - The first Dirge Anthem
    Poulenc Timor et Tremor
    Purcell Funeral Music for Queen Mary - The second Dirge Anthem
    Purcell Thou knowest Lord, the secreats of our hearts
    Macmillan O Radiant Dawn
    Morley Funeral Music for Queen Mary - The third Dirge Anthem
    Bach Komm, Jesu, Komm
    Charpentier De Profundis
    Brahms Geistliches Lied
    Victoria Officium Defunctorum
    Nystedt Immortal Bach
  July Rutter Gloria
    Rutter Feel the Spirit
    Tippett Five Negro Spirituals
  November Bach B Minor Mass
2016 March Parry Songs of Farewell
    Fauré Requiem
July Elgar Great is the Lord
Mathias Lord Thou has been our dwelling place
Rutter Wells Jubilate
Vaughan Williams O Clap your Hands
Walton Coronation Te Deum
Jongen Mass Op. 130
November Mozart Mass in C Minor
Charpentier Te Deum in D Major
2017 April Copland In the Beginning
Whitacre Animal Crackers
Gjeilo Unicornis Captivatur
Horrowitz Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo
May Haydn Nelson Mass
July Various Opera Choruses
September Various Children's matinee featuring Horrowitz, Hall and Whitacre
November Verdi Requiem
2018 July Bach Jesu Meine Freude
Rachmaninov Vespers (movements 4-6)
Schütz Jauchzet dem Herrn
Rheinberger Abendlied
Guerrero Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Bruckner Ave Maria
Rossini O Salutaris
Palestrina Tu Es Petrus
Brahms Geistliches Lied
November Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Brahms Requiem
2019 March Beethoven 9th Symphony
April Various Works on a theme of birdsong

 

Guest conductor: Tim Hooper

2019 July Mendelssohn Elijah

 

 

Musical Director: Richard Pearce

2019 November Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Lauridsen O Nata Lux
O'Regan Dorchester Canticles
Rutter Requiem
December Handel Messiah
2020 All concerts cancelled due to Covid-19

 

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